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The Fury

The Fury by Alex Michaelides came out in January, a standalone book that takes place in the same world as his previous mystery-thrillers, The Silent Patient and The Maidens. There’s brief mentions of the characters from his previous books, but definitely no need to have read either of them to get into this one. The …

Never Lie

Never Lie by Freida McFadden came out a while ago, back in late 2022, but I’ve been binging a bunch of her thrillers lately so I’m just reading it now. In Never Lie, a young couple, Trisha and Ethan, go to an open house in a snowstorm and end up stranded in an extravagant house …

A Flicker in the Dark

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham is a mystery-thriller from a debut author that was released today. I infrequently read advance copies of mystery-thrillers from debut authors since I like to see how the review shake out before investing time reading these types of books. However, I was drawn in by the premise …

The Wonder

The Wonder by Emma Donoghue was published quite a while ago, and it’s a book I’d been meaning to read at the time. With the adaptation of The Wonder coming out soon (starring Florence Pugh!), I felt it was now-or-never since I tend not to go back and read books after I’ve seen the movie …

The Plot

If you love thrillers and books about books, then The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz might be right up your alley. Korelitz previously authored You Should Have Known which was adapted into the HBO Max limited series The Undoing, starring Nicole Kidman. In The Plot, Jake is a failed writer who steals the plot of …